Adelaide a Proctor (9 results)

Paper Back. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Fair condition paperback showing title etc clearly on front cover.

Sheet music. Condition: Very Good. This copy is from the Schirmer "Selection of song favorites".

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Sheet music. Lightly creased.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition. Moderate wear to spin, edges, and throughout the book. Binding is starting to loosen and pages are starting to fall out. Pages age toned. Pictures are available upon request.

Printed Paper. Condition: Fair to Good. Folded sheet music; black titling [some ornate] on white. Pp 7. Spine split [about 2/3] and some edgewear but a basically copy; no previous names, annotation etc. The titling is in the same format as the Boosey & Hawkes publication of the 1880s but there is no other information in this copy apart from then titling as descrbed; furthermore the copy is considerably larger than normal, measuring some 15"x10". Possibly a proof copy? Further information and image available upon request. [We welcome enquiries by e-mail - click on 'Ask Bookseller a Question'; or by 'phone - click on 'More Books from this Seller'].

Sheet Music. Condition: Good. Good condition with wear and markings.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 20 grams. (H.921). No annotations.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. The Poetry of Adelaide A. Proctor, Ticknor & Fields, 1866, Boston, 416 pp, blue cloth, 6 x 3.75", 18mo. In fair condition. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing to corners and surface. End bands and spine are moderately scuffed with rubbing and slight crushing. Gilt finishing bright. Bookplate of Allen J. Smith on pastedown. Inner hinge quite tender with binding mesh exposed. Old hand ownership on fly leaf, fly leaf chipped, nearly torn away. Second fly leaf has old hand ownership in ink. Interior lightly toned with scattered foxing. A few instances of markings. Binding intact. Rear fly leaf folded improperly, nearly torn. Please see photos. Adelaide Anne Proctor was a tireless philanthropist and poet in England in the Victorian era. Despite her short life, many of her poems began to be published in Dickens' periodicals "Household Words" and "All the Year Round" beginning when she was a teenager. She was a feminists and often worked on behalf of fallen women.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued. Later Edition. Finely bound in tree calf with gilt borders, rebacked in intricate gilt calf with black morocco label, all edges gilt, original decorative end papers. Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners. Uncommon in fine binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.